Pete Hegseth's wife is playing the role of the pastor's wife in white evangelicalism... and that may be a harbinger of things to come. @bethallisonbarr explains. ⬇️
May 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Pete Hegseth's wife is playing the role of the pastor's wife in white evangelicalism... and that may be a harbinger of things to come. @bethallisonbarr explains. ⬇️
I'm reading an early copy of the book "Becoming the Pastor's Wife" by @BethAllisonBarr and so much has resonated with me. I think back to my youth when the only paths to full-time ministry that seemed open to me were either through marriage or missions....💙 📖
March 4, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I'm reading an early copy of the book "Becoming the Pastor's Wife" by @BethAllisonBarr and so much has resonated with me. I think back to my youth when the only paths to full-time ministry that seemed open to me were either through marriage or missions....💙 📖
“What if we built a new evangelical coalition that could stand together for the gospel in reality as well as in name, recognizing the full equality of women and their value as ministerial leaders?” #BecomingThePastorsWife @bethallisonbarr BethAllisonBarr.com
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February 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
“What if we built a new evangelical coalition that could stand together for the gospel in reality as well as in name, recognizing the full equality of women and their value as ministerial leaders?” #BecomingThePastorsWife @bethallisonbarr BethAllisonBarr.com
This was a powerful book about Christian history & women’s roles in the church in early church history to today. #bethallisonbarr is sharing more church history, & I’m here for it. #booksky #becomingthepastorswife
May 31, 2025 at 7:45 PM
This was a powerful book about Christian history & women’s roles in the church in early church history to today. #bethallisonbarr is sharing more church history, & I’m here for it. #booksky #becomingthepastorswife
Finally started Reading the Making of Biblical Womanhood by @bethallisonbarr and had a dejavu moment when she described standing in her kitchen and telling her husband she didn’t believe in complementarianism.
That was me 2013 in Virginia. Dariks response: no kidding!
He knew before I did.
That was me 2013 in Virginia. Dariks response: no kidding!
He knew before I did.
September 7, 2023 at 2:56 PM
Finally started Reading the Making of Biblical Womanhood by @bethallisonbarr and had a dejavu moment when she described standing in her kitchen and telling her husband she didn’t believe in complementarianism.
That was me 2013 in Virginia. Dariks response: no kidding!
He knew before I did.
That was me 2013 in Virginia. Dariks response: no kidding!
He knew before I did.
It's a wrap. So many life-giving conversations with new and old friends on Christian formation, justice, and not gaining the whole world only to lose your soul. Thanks to @james_ka_smith, @bethallisonbarr, @MalcolmBFoley, @catjonathantran, @EricSeanGregory, and @HootenWilson
November 16, 2024 at 9:09 AM
It's a wrap. So many life-giving conversations with new and old friends on Christian formation, justice, and not gaining the whole world only to lose your soul. Thanks to @james_ka_smith, @bethallisonbarr, @MalcolmBFoley, @catjonathantran, @EricSeanGregory, and @HootenWilson
This is quite interesting. I was always curious as to why they both said women have to submit but they still put some out there with some power. Its sort of a Judas Goat. A lure for other women only to have them submit anyways.
youtube.com/shorts/V1ltE...
youtube.com/shorts/V1ltE...
A great book on this tool in fundamentalism is “Becoming the Preachers Wife” by @bethallisonbarr.
YouTube video by Monte Mader
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December 16, 2025 at 1:13 AM
This is quite interesting. I was always curious as to why they both said women have to submit but they still put some out there with some power. Its sort of a Judas Goat. A lure for other women only to have them submit anyways.
youtube.com/shorts/V1ltE...
youtube.com/shorts/V1ltE...
"Labeling the contributions of a pastor’s wife as ‘ministry’ or ‘service’ doesn’t erase the reality that a pastor’s job often includes the unpaid labor of his wife.” #BecomingThePastorsWife @bethallisonbarr BethAllisonBarr.com
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February 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
"Labeling the contributions of a pastor’s wife as ‘ministry’ or ‘service’ doesn’t erase the reality that a pastor’s job often includes the unpaid labor of his wife.” #BecomingThePastorsWife @bethallisonbarr BethAllisonBarr.com
“What if we built a new evangelical coalition that could stand together for the gospel in reality as well as in name, recognizing the full equality of women and their value as ministerial leaders?” #BecomingThePastorsWife @bethallisonbarr BethAllisonBarr.com
February 25, 2025 at 8:53 PM
“What if we built a new evangelical coalition that could stand together for the gospel in reality as well as in name, recognizing the full equality of women and their value as ministerial leaders?” #BecomingThePastorsWife @bethallisonbarr BethAllisonBarr.com
“Labeling the contributions of a pastor’s wife as ‘ministry’ or ‘service’ doesn’t erase the reality that a pastor’s job often includes the unpaid labor of his wife.” #BecomingThePastorsWife @bethallisonbarr BethAllisonBarr.com
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Beth Allison Barr is the James Vardaman Professor of History at Baylor University. She earned her PhD in Medieval History from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is the bestselling au...
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February 26, 2025 at 2:54 AM
“Labeling the contributions of a pastor’s wife as ‘ministry’ or ‘service’ doesn’t erase the reality that a pastor’s job often includes the unpaid labor of his wife.” #BecomingThePastorsWife @bethallisonbarr BethAllisonBarr.com
The token bride.
youtube.com/shorts/V1ltE...
youtube.com/shorts/V1ltE...
A great book on this tool in fundamentalism is “Becoming the Preachers Wife” by @bethallisonbarr.
YouTube video by Monte Mader
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December 13, 2025 at 4:27 AM
The token bride.
youtube.com/shorts/V1ltE...
youtube.com/shorts/V1ltE...
Many eagerly awaiting this by @bethallisonbarr who is a force in upending the "biblical" womanhood" scripts marketed 🌍from evangelical networks--& who knows details both personally, & as a historian how Christian women have been hookwinked.
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Becoming the Pastor's Wife
A trusted historian and Baptist pastor's wife tells how the rise of a new and important leadership role for conservative Protestant women, the pastor's wife, intersects with the decline of women's ind...
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December 12, 2024 at 12:08 PM
Many eagerly awaiting this by @bethallisonbarr who is a force in upending the "biblical" womanhood" scripts marketed 🌍from evangelical networks--& who knows details both personally, & as a historian how Christian women have been hookwinked.
bakerbookhouse.com/products/598...
bakerbookhouse.com/products/598...
“The pastor’s role is, by design, a two-person job in which only one person receives a salary, title…For a pastor’s wife, especially one in the American evangelical tradition… presumes her supportive and unpaid labor. He literally can’t do it without her.” #BecomingThePastorsWife @bethallisonbarr
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March 4, 2025 at 8:38 PM
“The pastor’s role is, by design, a two-person job in which only one person receives a salary, title…For a pastor’s wife, especially one in the American evangelical tradition… presumes her supportive and unpaid labor. He literally can’t do it without her.” #BecomingThePastorsWife @bethallisonbarr
Glad she got out of the Evangelical nightmare existence.
Those groups are NOT Christians at all.
youtube.com/shorts/V1ltE...
Those groups are NOT Christians at all.
youtube.com/shorts/V1ltE...
A great book on this tool in fundamentalism is “Becoming the Preachers Wife” by @bethallisonbarr.
YouTube video by Monte Mader
youtube.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Glad she got out of the Evangelical nightmare existence.
Those groups are NOT Christians at all.
youtube.com/shorts/V1ltE...
Those groups are NOT Christians at all.
youtube.com/shorts/V1ltE...
... This isn’t just a secondary issue. It is about the value and worth of women. – Beth Allison Barr
From: www.threads.net/@bethallison...
From: www.threads.net/@bethallison...
Beth Allison Barr (@bethallisonbarr) on Threads
To clarify, this was a panel of pastors invited to ‘discuss’ women in ministry. It was not in a church setting. I think the panel organizers were attempting to provide a big theological tent. I respec...
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July 13, 2026 at 11:06 AM
... This isn’t just a secondary issue. It is about the value and worth of women. – Beth Allison Barr
From: www.threads.net/@bethallison...
From: www.threads.net/@bethallison...
Interesting thread on women historically. I haven’t read the book he references yet, I’m so far behind on all my reading. ugh www.threads.com/@nickmobrien...
Nick O’Brien (@nickmobrien) on Threads
When @bethallisonbarr mentioned the Priscilla Catacombs in her latest book, I just so happened to already have a trip to Rome scheduled, so I immediately added it to the to do list
I will never forge...
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June 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Interesting thread on women historically. I haven’t read the book he references yet, I’m so far behind on all my reading. ugh www.threads.com/@nickmobrien...
“Labeling the contributions of a pastor’s wife as ‘ministry’ or ‘service’ doesn’t erase the reality that a pastor’s job often includes the unpaid labor of his wife.” #BecomingThePastorsWife @bethallisonbarr BethAllisonBarr.com
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Beth Allison Barr is the James Vardaman Professor of History at Baylor University. She earned her PhD in Medieval History from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is the bestselling…
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February 26, 2025 at 3:18 PM
“Labeling the contributions of a pastor’s wife as ‘ministry’ or ‘service’ doesn’t erase the reality that a pastor’s job often includes the unpaid labor of his wife.” #BecomingThePastorsWife @bethallisonbarr BethAllisonBarr.com
Reminds of @bethallisonbarr eye-opening book,The Pastor's Wife & the similarities of the erasure, marginalization, & distortions of pastor's wives & military wives. We discovered complementarian Bible studies being taught within military networks--it needs much more attention. tinyurl.com/2tc34fw2
Submission, Authority, and the Quiet Erasure of Women’s Gifts in Military Chapel Culture - CBE International
Military chapel culture can quietly sideline women’s gifts through subtle expectations around submission, authority, and who is allowed to lead.
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May 9, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Reminds of @bethallisonbarr eye-opening book,The Pastor's Wife & the similarities of the erasure, marginalization, & distortions of pastor's wives & military wives. We discovered complementarian Bible studies being taught within military networks--it needs much more attention. tinyurl.com/2tc34fw2